President, PM, Rahul remember Gandhi on his birth anniversary

New Delhi (IANS): Launching a two-year-long celebration marking the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday shared their messages on social media.

6-magnitude quake strikes Indonesian island

Jakarta (IANS): An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale rocked Sumba island of Indonesia on Tuesday, barely four days after a 7.5 magnitude quake hit its Sulawesi island triggering a tsunami and killing nearly 900 people.

No tsunami…

Maldives diplomat tells UN country going through peaceful transfer of power

United Nations(IANS): Maldives is currently going through a peaceful transfer of power to opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, who was elected president last month, the nation's Permanent Representative Ali Naseer Mohamed has assured…

US tariffs starting to have effect on global economy: Lagarde

Washington (IANS): International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde, has said the current situation of protectionist policies unleashed by the US has begun to have an effect on the global economy, slowing its growth, according to IMF forecasts.

India, Uzbekistan set $1-bn trade target, to cooperate on counter-terror

New Delhi (IANS): India and Uzbekistan set an annual bilateral trade target of $1 billion to be achieved in two years and agreed to cooperate in counter-terrorism efforts as the two sides signed 17 agreements across a range of sectors following delegation-level…

IL&FS Board recast, Kotak tasked to restore financial health

Mumbai/New Delhi (IANS)" Under all-round attack over the crisis in the IL&FS, the Central government on Monday superseded the management of the beleaguered company by appointing a six-member Board led by banker Uday Kotak to restore the financial…

Delhi HC frees Navlakha from house arrest

New Delhi (IANS): The Delhi High Court on Monday ordered the release of human rights activist Gautam Navlakha from house arrest, saying his detention was "untenable" under law.

A bench of justices S. Muralidhar and Vinod Goel…

16 rifles recovered from Maoist den in Jharkhand

Ranchi (IANS): Sixteen rifles, including two looted from security personnel, were recovered by the Jharkhand Police in state's Latehar district on Monday.

"A total of 16 rifles have been recovered from Budi Sakhua jungle spread across…

Nobel Prize in Medicine goes to cancer researchers from US, Japan

Stockholm (IANS): James Allison of the US and Tasuku Honjo of Japan have jointly won the Nobel Prize in Medicine on Monday for developing a pioneering therapeutic approach for cancer treatment.

The pair "revolutionised cancer treatment,"…

ED attaches Nirav Modi's foreign assets worth Rs 637 cr

New Delhi (IANS): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Monday it has attached foreign properties of fugitive diamond jeweller Nirav Modi worth Rs 637 crore, including two apartments in New Yorks Central Park, in its ongoing investigation into…